Jeffrey Andrew Marshall, a Virginia inmate proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, filed this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action.[1] The matter is before the Court for evaluation pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1915(e)(2) and 1915A.

A. Preliminary Review

Pursuant to the Prison Litigation Reform Act ("PLRA") this Court must dismiss any action filed by a prisoner if the Court determines the action (1) "is frivolous" or (2) "fails to state a claim on which relief may be granted." 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2); see 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. The first standard includes claims based upon "an indisputably meritless legal theory, '" or claims where the "factual contentions are clearly baseless.'" Clay v. Yates, 809 F.Supp. 417, 427 (E.D. Va. 1992) (quoting Neitzke v. Williams, 490 U.S. 319, 327 (1989)). The second standard is the familiar standard for a motion to dismiss under Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6).

"A motion to dismiss under Rule 12(b)(6) tests the sufficiency of a complaint; importantly, it does not resolve contests surrounding the facts, the merits of a claim, or the applicability of defenses." Republican Party of N.C. v. Martin, 980 F.2d 943, 952 (4th Cir. 1992) (citing 5A Charles A. Wright & Arthur R. Miller, Federal Practice and Procedure § 1356 (1990)). In considering a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim, a plaintiffs well-pleaded allegations are taken as true and the complaint is viewed in the light most favorable to the plaintiff. Mylan Labs., Inc. v. Matkari, 7 F.3d 1130, 1134 (4th Cir. 1993); see also Martin, 980 F.2d at 952. This principle applies only to factual allegations, however, and "a court considering a motion to dismiss can choose to begin by identifying pleadings that, because they are no more than conclusions, are not entitled to the assumption of truth." Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662, 679 (2009).

The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure "require[] only a short and plain statement of the claim showing that the pleader is entitled to relief, ' in order to give the defendant fair notice of what the... claim is and the grounds upon which it rests.'" Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, 555 (2007) (second alteration in original) (quoting Conley v. Gibson, 355 U.S. 41, 47 (1957)). Plaintiffs cannot satisfy this standard with complaints containing only "labels and conclusions" or a "formulaic recitation of the elements of a cause of action." Id. (citations omitted). Instead, a plaintiff must allege facts sufficient "to raise a right to relief above the speculative level, " id. (citation omitted), stating a claim that is "plausible on its face, " id. at 570, rather than merely "conceivable." Id. "A claim has facial plausibility when the plaintiff pleads factual content that allows the court to draw the reasonable inference that the defendant is liable for the misconduct alleged." Iqbal, 556 U.S. at 678 (citing Bell All. Corp., 550 U.S. at 556). In order for a claim or complaint to survive dismissal for failure to state a claim, the plaintiff must "allege facts sufficient to state all the elements of [his or] her claim." Bass v. E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., 324 F.3d 761, 765 (4th Cir. 2003) (citing Dickson v. Microsoft Corp., 309 F.3d 193, 213 (4th Cir. 2002); Iodice v. United States, 289 F.3d 270, 281 (4th Cir. 2002)). Lastly, while the Court liberally construes pro se complaints, Gordon v. Leeke, 574 F.2d 1147, 1151 (4th Cir. 1978), it will not act as the inmate's advocate and develop, sua sponte, statutory and constitutional claims that the inmate failed to clearly raise on the face of his complaint. See Brock v. Carroll, 107 F.3d 241, 243 (4th Cir. 1997) (Luttig, J., concurring); Beaudett v. City of Hampton, 775 F.2d 1274, 1278 (4th Cir. 1985).

B. Summary of Allegations

Because the basis upon which Marshall sought to hold the defendants liable was far from clear, by Memorandum Order entered on February 6, 2015, the Court ordered Marshall to file a particularized complaint. On February 20, 2015, Marshall filed his Particularized Complaint. (ECF No. 14.)[2]

In his Particularized Complaint, Marshall names as defendants: Wayne L. Emery, [3] Harry T. Taliaferro, III, and Jessica R. Vaughn ("Defendants"). Nevertheless, even after the filing of the Particularized Complaint, Marshall's theory as to how exactly the defendants violated his rights remains opaque. It appears Marshall believes the defendants are liable for wrongfully revoking his probation.[4] Specifically, Marshall alleges:

Richmond County's prosecution ordered a show cause for my personage around March 13th of 2011, based on a probation violation for peace and good behavior, exercised by Probation Officer Jessica R. Vaughn in lieu of a legal conviction in Chesterfield County, VA [for a nonexistent criminal background]. However, the show cause was one year and three months late from the issued warrant in Chesterfield on the date of January the 1st of 2010.

... When this specific article was announced to the attention to Harry J. Taliaferro, III, by my attorney, Marshall C. Davison, the judge proceeded to extract a large tome of legal statutes, which appeared rather outdated and or antiquated. Whereas he began to recite some article of legal code in which I highly doubt is still in effect, or was ever passed by a majority vote by one-third of Congress. Abruptly finishing his recital, he proceeded with the sentence and a rapt of the gavel.

(Part. Compl. 2.) Marshall contends that Taliaferro is liable for his "inaccurate ruling based on outdated show cause [and] possible ineffective legal statutes extracted from a source of reference unknown. (Id. at 3.) In his Particularized Complaint, Marshall makes no coherent request for relief. In his original complaint, he demanded monetary relief. As explained below, the action will be dismissed as frivolous.

C. Analysis

"[A] plaintiff must plead that each Government-official defendant, through the official's own individual actions, has violated the Constitution." Iqbal, 556 U.S. at 676. Accordingly, the plaintiff must allege facts that affirmatively show "that the official charged acted personally in the deprivation of the plaintiff[]s rights. Vinnedge v. Gibbs, 550 F.2d 926, 928 (4th Cir. 1977). Although Marshall mentions Defendant Vaughn in the body of the Particularized Complaint, he fails to articulate any facts ...

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